As we mark 250 years of the United States, T’ruah offers these Jewish resources on democracy to inspire, challenge, and expand your thinking.
General T’ruah Resources and Writings on Democracy:
- T’ruah’s Campaign Work and Statements On Democracy and Voting Rights
- Antisemitism & Immigration: A Messaging Guide for Jewish Clergy, from Bend the Arc & T’ruah
- Democracy and Elections, resources compiled by T’ruah on protecting voting rights and democracy
- Jewish Texts on Fair Voting and Just Elections, Rabbi Mark Hurvitz and Rabbi Ed Stafman
- WATCH: Why is antisemitism at the center of attacks on democracy? with T’ruah CEO Rabbi Jill Jacobs
- Civil Disobedience, Jews, and the Authoritarian State, by Rabbi Jonah Winer in “Tekiyah Gedolah,” T’ruah’s new thought leadership series
Divrei Torah on Democracy:
- “May We Create a Nation”: A New Prayer for Our Country, by Rabbi Seth Goldstein
- Behar-Bechukotai: Taking Back Our Streets and the Meaning of Jubilee, by Rabbi Doug Alpert
- Pekudei: Learning From, Not Erasing, Our Broken Tablets, by Rabbi Elyse Wechterman
- Vayeshev: No Complexity, No Love; No Justice, No Peace: Never Settle Down, by Rabbi Louis Polisson
- Ekev: When Our Leaders Gaslight Us, by Rabbi David Chapman
- Walking Free: Democracy and Incarceration, by Rabbi David Dunn Bauer
- Lessons for Democracy from the Holocaust, by Julian Zelizer
- Restoring the Dignity of Refugees Should Be Part of Living in a Democracy, by Sabrina Lustgarten
- Democracy: Remembering Where We Are Going, by Rabbi Gordon Tucker
This issue of “Fragments,” a publication from T’ruah, explores democracy and the particular role Jews may play in building the vibrant multiracial democracy we imagine. “Fragments” is a place to explore the pressing questions of our fractured world through a Jewish lens, gleaning insights from Jewish texts and historical Jewish struggles for social justice. Selected pieces from Fragments III are listed below, and the full journal is available here:
- CONTRASTING TRUTHS: The Aspirations and Limitations of American Democracy, by Sofi Hersher Andorsky and Aaron Dorfman
- ROUNDTABLE: How Can U.S. Jewish Communities Play an Effective Role in Coalition Work to Advance Multiracial Democracy? With Ginna Green, Abby Lublin, Megan Black, Rabbi Aryeh Cohen, PhD, Matthew David Hom, and Graie Hagans
- Democracy: More Than Just Elections, by T’ruah CEO Rabbi Jill Jacobs
- VOTING AND DEMOCRACY: One Possible Halakhic Approach, by Rabbi David Polsky
- NARRATING OUR HISTORIES IN SOLIDARITY: Lessons from the Civil Rights Congress, by Geffrey Adelsberg, PhD
- “THEY FOUGHT BACK, USING EVERYTHING THEY HAD AVAILABLE”: Democracy and Theology in Independent Afro-Jewish Communities, by Rabbi Walter Isaac, PhD and Rabbi Koach Baruch Frazier